Railroad-tie



J. G. HORNIAYCK.

RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.I5,'192I'.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

UNITED STATES JOHN GEORGE HORNIACK, OF HAW'LEY,

PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-TIE.

menace.

Application filed August 15, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. Honxnxon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hawley, in the county of ll' ayne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification, refeence being had to the accompanying draw logs.

'i his inv ntion relates to railway rail securing means, and has for its object to provide means of this character capable of firmly securing the rails in position on the without danger of said means being looted by vibration or shock. It is another object of the invention to provide means of this character which may be adjusted according to the gage between the rails and also according to the curvature of the road bed.

It is a further object of the invention to provide means of this character wherein a metal or steel tie is provided, said tie having means for securing the rails thereto without requiring the passage of fastening means through the tie.

it is a still further object of the invention to provide means of this character including a metallic railway tie and an adjustable rail clamp, the clamp being provided with means for securing the same to the tie, said means being engaged with the sides of the tie.

L is a so an OJjEC't of the invention to promeans of this character the means for securing the rail clamp to ti e tie are cushioned to a certain extent so th: 1 vibration of the train will not the clamping action of the z interfere witn rail cla With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described, fully claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, n which Figure l is a side elevation of a railway tie and fastening means constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

s n Fig. l, the rail being removed. ig. o is a perspective view of the rail Specification of Letters Patent.

l'fatcnted Nov. 2?, 192

Serial No. 492,399.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates a railroad tie constructed preferably of metal such as steel, said tie having a T-shaped slot 8 which extends longitudinally of the upper or top face of the tie. T-shaped slots 7 and 8 are also provided in the sides 9) and 10 of the tie, the slots 7 and 8 being smaller than but similar to the slot 6, extend longitudinally of the side faces of the tie, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

In order to clamp the rail A to the tie, there is rovided novel rail fastening means embo 'ng a rail clamp which consists of a plate 11 having a tongue 12 projecting from the unper face thereof and longitudinally of the plate, the width of the tongue being less than the width of the opening of the slot 6. Projecting from one end of the ongue and formed integral therewith is a aw 1 5, the lower face of the jaw being onstructed in accordance with the contour of the base of the rail A so as to firmly engage the rail. The plate 11 of the rail clamp is adapter to engage the bottom of the slot 6, while the tongue 12 projects through the slot and above the upper face of the jaw so as to permit the jaw 13 to extend over the base of the rail toward the web of the rail.

To secure the rail clamp in engagement with the rail, a clamping plate 14 is provided, said plate having an opening in its interm diate portion adapted to register with an opening formed in the top of the tongue 12 adjacent the end of the tongue remote from the jaw 13. These registering openings are intended to receive fastening means such as a bolt 15 so as to hold the plate into engagement with the tongue of the rail clamp. Each end of the clamping plate is provided with an opening through which a relatively long bolt 16 is passed, one bolt being provided for each end of the plate. Each of the bolts 16 extends downwardly substantially in parallel relation to the side faces of the tie and terminates beneath the entrance to the slots in the sides of the tie.

An arcuate member 17 is provided, said member having an opening 18 in its intermediate portion. Each end of the member is provided with ahead or plate 19. One of said members is provided for each of the bolts, and they are adapted to be disposed in the slots 7 and 8. The plates 19 of each of said members are arranged to engage the the bolts 16 between the lower-surface of the clamping plate 1 1 and the upper surface of the members 17. The ends of the bolts 16 are arranged to pass through the openings 18, nuts 21 being engaged with the bolts to prevent disengagement of the same from the members 17.

Four of these fastening means, as described above, are provided for each tie, so as to position one rail clamp on each side of each rail, each rail clamp being adjustable independently of the adjacent rail clamp; After the rails have been set and properly gaged, the rail clamps are moved toward the rail into engagement with each side of the rail. The nuts 21 are then rotated so as'to substantially draw the jaw members in binding engagement with the flanges of the slots 7 and 8, urge the member 17 upwardly toward the plate 14, and thereby cause the clamping plate i l to bind the rail clamp within the slot 6 and on tile base-of the rail. This clamping operation is assistedby the springs 20 which prevent strain on the ends of the clamping plate and at the same time are adapted to absorb the vibration or shocks transmitted to the rail clamp by the motion of the train, so that there is no danger of the member 1-? or nuts 21 becoming accidentally unfastened.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that this invention provides a novel form of tie wherein the fastening means permits the tie to be constructed of metal so that it will last indefinitely. In addition to this, it is not necessary to extend belts or like fastening means through the tie, and the rail clamps may be also adjusted according to the gage of the track desired and the curvature of the road bed.

What is claimed is: V V

1. A device of the character described embodying a railway tie having lots in its upper and side faces, rail clamps adj ustably mounted in said upper slot, clamping means slidably mounted in said side slots, and means operatively connecting said clamping means with the rail clamps for binding said rail clamps and clamping means within the slots.

2. Means for fastening railway rails to railway ties embodying a tie having slots in itsupper and side faces, said slots extendnea /nee means toward each other and into binding engagement with the tie.

3. Means for fastening railway rails to railway ties embodying a tie having T- shaped slots in its upper and side faces, a rail clamp inoludinga ton -ue and oppositely extending flanges, said flanges being disposed within the upper slot, said tongue projecting beyond the entrance to said slot, at carried by said tongue and adapted to engage the rail, a clamping plate secured to said tongue above the face of the tie, said plate projectingsbeyond the sides of the tie, a segmental clamping member having jaws on its ends, one of said members being disposed on eaohside of the tie, the aws of said member being 'slidable within the slots in the sides of the tie, bolts carried by the ends of the clamping plate, said bolts extending tl'irough. the segmental clamping members, nuts on the ends of the bolts for urging the clamping members toward the clamping plate.

4. Means for fastening railway rails to railway ties embodying a tie having 12'- s'haped slotsin its upper and side faces, a rail clamp including a tongue and oppositely extending flanges, said flanges being disposed within the upper slot, said tongue projecting beyond the entrance to said slot, a jaw carried by said tongue and adapted to engage the rail, a clamping plate secured to said tongue above the face of the tie, said plate projecting beyond the sides'of the tie, a segmental clamping member having jaws on its ends, one of said members being disposed on each side of the tie, the jaws of said members being slidable within the slots in the sides of the tie, bolts caried by the ends of the clamping plate, said bolts 6X- tending through the segmental clamping members, nuts on the ends'of the bolts for urging the clamping members toward the clamping plate, and springs surrounding the bolts between the clamping plate and the clamping members.

in testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

1 JOHN GEQlt-GE'HQRNI ACK.

lVitnesses:

Finis W. Snnnnne, Aivmmw F. HonNIAoK. 

